NEWS RELEASES

July 5, 2000 (9:00 a.m. EDT) No. 173

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ASIA PACIFIC FOUNDATION OF CANADA

Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the appointment of Edward Doherty, Keith Mitchell and Michael Percy to the Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APFC).

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, created in 1984 by an Act of Parliament, is a private non-profit organization funded by the federal and provincial governments, with additional financial support from the private sector. The APFC's mission is to help Canadians better understand and be more successful in this important region.

The APFC and its subsidiaries, the GLOBE Foundation and the Canadian Education Centre Network, operate a number of programs to further Canada's economic interests in the region. The APFC also houses the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum Study Centre, which promotes collaborative research and disseminates information and analysis on APEC, as well as on priority issues for Canada's involvement in this forum.

For further information on the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, please visit their Internet site at http://www.apfc.ca.

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Biographical notes are attached.

For further information, media representatives may contact:

Debora Brown

Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

(613) 995-1851

Media Relations Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

(613) 995-1874

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Edward Doherty is a New Brunswick ophthalmologist who maintains a practice in Saint John, specializing in contact lenses and diseases of the eye. Dr. Doherty is also a lecturer in Continuing Medical Education at Dalhousie University. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the University of New Brunswick since 1993, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the New Brunswick Museum since 1996.

Keith Mitchell is a managing partner of the Vancouver law firm of Farris, Vaughan, Wills and Murphy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a law degree from the University of British Colombia and, in 1985, was appointed Queen's Counsel. Mr. Mitchell is currently a director of Weldwood of Canada Limited and various other private North American and Asian-based companies.

Michael Percy is Dean of the Faculty of Business at the University of Alberta. Dr. Percy studied at the University of Victoria and Queen's University from which he received a Ph.D. in economics in 1977. He has researched and written extensively on different aspects of the Canadian economy including the forest sector.